Diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessie, Ethiopia (Ethiopic Rite)

Rite: Ethiopic (Alexandrian)

Name: Bahir Dar–Dessie / Bahirdardessien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Addis Abeba

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2015.01.19: Established as Diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessie / Bahirdardessien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)

Bishop (2015.01.19 – ...):

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (65)

Bishops of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (65)
(2015.01.19 – ...)

Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Priest of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1988.05.08 – 2010.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia (2010.01.05 – 2015.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2010.01.05 – 2015.01.19)

Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2015.01.19 – ...)

Area: 224,350 km²

Population: 18,000 Catholics (0.1% of 22,117,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 28 priests (3 diocesan, 25 religious), 87 religious (32 brothers, 55 sisters), 12 seminarians

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